Truth and the Heretic
Subtitle: Crises of Knowledge in Medieval French Literature
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780226781693
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Religion; Literature - Classics / Criticism; French; France; European - French; Medieval; Religion / Christianity; Christianity - General; French literature; Heresy in literature; History and criticism; To 1500
Description: "Exploring the figure of the heretic in Catholic writings of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries as well as the heretic's characterological counterpart in troubadour lyrics, Arthurian romance, and comic tales, Truth and the Heretic seeks to understand why French and Occitan literature of the period celebrated the very characters who were so persecuted in society at large. Karen Sullivan proposes that such literature allowed medieval culture a means by which to express truths about heretics and the epistemological anxieties they aroused." "The first book-length study of the figure of the heretic in medieval French and Occitan literature, Truth and the Heretic will fascinate historians of ideas and literature as well as scholars of religion, critical theory, and philosophy."--Jacket.